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The SCARLET-W is RED’s new entry-level cinema camera capable of 5K at 60fps

Dec 11, 2015 by GB Leave a Comment

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American camera manufacturer RED has officially lifted the veil on their newest camera, the 5K SCARLET-W.

Sitting between their lower-end RED RAVEN and their more serious RED WEAPON, the SCARLET-W is capable of cranking out 5K video at 60fps, 4K at 150fps and 2K up to 300fps. Like the other cameras in their DSMC² lineup, the SCARLET-W features an interchangeable mount and optical low pass filter to help keep high-ISO footage looking as good as possible.

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The camera natively shoots RED’s compressed RAW video format RAW RED, but can also output ProRes 422 HQ files at the same time. Like RED’s other DRAGON sensors, the SCARLET-W has a listed dynamic range of 16.5 stops, which continually ranks at the top of DxO Mark’s sensor rating database.

Alongside the Scarlet-W, RED also unveiled the Scarlet-W Monochrome, a camera identical in every regard, with the exception of a black and white specific DRAGON sensor. While this may seem pointless to some, RED has a wonderful article that explains how black and white sensors are capable of capturing more information than color sensors.

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The RED SCARLET-W starts at $9,950 for the body only, while the SCARLET-W Monochrome starts at $14,500. Of course, you’ll need to have other gear, such as batteries and storage to get started shooting, so a more realistic price point is about $5000 more than the body only price.

For those who own RED’s SCARLET DRAGON, RED is offering a special package at a $2,500 discount.

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To find out more about the RED SCARLET-W head on over to No Film School, who had an exclusive opportunity to sit down with the creators of RED cameras to talk about what the SCARLET-W and RED is all about.

Just remember to not take your camera to any sort of concert or event with lasers. Back in 2013, a $20K RED EPIC camera was destroyed when lasers at a concert burnt the sensor.

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